IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ophir
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998NV926002
  • User Pedon ID: S2001NV005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0631
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15307
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.9334869
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8263016
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N.
  • Range: 19E.
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: about 85 meters west and 680 meters south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Wet soil study site on Hellman Farm. Site is located about 0.75 mile east of Mottsville and adjacent to NV state highway 207.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38119-H7—Minden, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edward W. Blake and John B. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ophir
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1998
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite
  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—104

    25—152

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    1429

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    40

    229

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    100

    8.9

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    9.9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03172. very dense root mat
    A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03173
    A3—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03174
    A4—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03175
    A5—64 to 71 centimeters (25.2 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03176
    ACc1—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.1 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent medium and coarse prominent weakly coherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 45 percent medium and coarse prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03177
    ACc2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent very coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03178
    Cg1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03179
    2Cg2—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium and coarse prominent irregular brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03180
    3Cg3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # 02N03181